Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-03

making on it. Isolated forests are in
tested with them, and, II they tnd sulta-
Die timber, they boldly ch0p 1t down ana
! appropriate il 10 their own use. 1t would
be well for land owners 10 institute vigil
lance, for their possessions are liable to
be dispossessed 0! their marketable
| wood.
News has reached Americas Of a bank
robbery in Albany and lac probable cap
| ture of the robber. II happened last
| week and the banking house Of Lewis 81
! Bro. was the loser. A man by the name
OF Fudge, a cotton buyer, was given per-
! mission to go inside OF the vault to get
some checks, and on balancing cash at
! theldlose Of business that day $4,000 was
missing. A detective was set to work
and Saturday hr. Fudge was arrested.
/ lie had invested 5000 in a pair OF horses
! and 5000 in two diamond rings only few
I days after the robbery was committed,
and when arrested something over $500
4 was found on his person. Fudge swears
! vengeance on the Marshal who arrested
| bnn and on Mr.. Lewis, if he ever becomes
free man,
| A few days ago, when the weather was
pinching cold, negro boy was lodge ed in
| jail at Forsyth, charged with larceny
| from the house, at an early hour in the
morning. Fuding his quarters rather
| uncomfortable on account of the cold, he
set about to make a fire with little ma
terial found In the cell, and in the absence
Of fireplace he placed the fire in one
corner of the cell. Fortunately, the fire
was discovered by the Sheriff shortly
after being made. When the prisoner
was Intercepted as 10 it he stated that he
made the fire simply to warm by, and
! manifested no intent to burn the jail, nor
! did he seem to have any idea that he was
in danger from the fire. Had the discov-
cry of the fire been delayed a little longer
a Jail burning would doubtless have been
The result.
The Southern Granite Company, of At
lanta, recently put in bid to furnish
/ some cut granite to be used in the new
| hall Of records in Brooklyn, n. Y. Dhey
have been notified by their New York
| agent that the contract mas been let to
! them, and they will soon ship the stone.
! This is undoubtedly the first granite
| which has ever been shipped from the
! South to New York and now that the
| people there have learned OF the superb
GRITTY OF Southern granite over that which
| they formerly used, it stands to reason
/ that many orders OF This Kind VIII
follow. Messrs. Venable u Co. are in
| Producing their granite into many pOr-
lions of the North, and everywhere it is
meeting with high favor. That it can
compete with the best Northern granite
industry is exceedingly promising. They
have recently had Conference with Gen.
L. L. Alexander, president of the Central
railroad, who assured Them that cOmpetl-
tive rates would at all times be given TO
points never before reached on account of
the determinations in rates OF our GeOr-
gia railroads.
A difficulty occurred at Blakely Mon
day between A. b. Muliigan, jim
ME Mulligan and Charlie Stucky, result
Ing in the prOpablY fatal shooting of
Stuckey. a few nights previous Suckey
and Jim Mulllgan met at social enter
talnment at the residence OF FL. @.
Frazier, a brOther-in-law Of Stuckey,
where some words ensued concerning a
play going on, and where, 1t is said,
young Mulligan was slapped by
Stuckey. 1t is further said
that young Mulligan used some dis.
respectful language about Stuckey
alter this affair was over, and Stuckey,
hearing of it, approached him Monday
and repeated to him what he had heard.
Mulligan denied having used the Ian
guage, when few more words caused
Stuckey to lay his hand on MullIgan's
breast and TO strike At him, hitting him
about the shoulder. AT this juncture y.
b. Mulligan came up, and seeing, as he
thought, his younger brother being IN
PNot0
bowels, ntlIcting a wound from which he
Will die, a. b. Mulligan is III Jail.
Col. A. j. RuJes, OF New York, who
is a guest at The Markham House, At
lanta, is one OF the Oldest ana most sue
cessiul hotel keepers in the United States.
He has run the leading motel In san Fran
cisco, Cal. has managed houses in New
York, has conducted hotels in Cuba and
Florida. and has directed the largest
establishments at COney Island, Long
Branch and Saratoga. He has kept
house In Boston, has run big establish
ment IN the West Indies, has controlled
the leading caravansary in Melbourne,
Australia. In fact, he has been a hotel
keeper in every part of the civilized
world, and has never failed. He 10 vet
eran in the business. He started as
cook in the kitchen; was waiter in the
dining room; was butler, a clerk, a butch
er, baker, head waiter. There is not
position connected with the hotel bust
ness which he has not filled. When the
war broke out he WAS in Charleston, and
he took sides with the COnfederacy. liz
was made Colonel, and when hostliGies
We're ended he went back to New York
ana opened an immense hotel, which soon
became one of The most fashionable in the
city.
The long fight against liquor in OcOnee
county is ended. The election was held
on May 30 last. Prohibition received IA
majority OF the votes cast, but the Ordi-
nary, Hon. b. h. Thrasher, DELAYED the
formal announcement of the result until
mandamus was issued to compel him TO
declare result OF the vote. In the mean
time a petition had been filed by the anti
ProhibitiOnists asking the Ordinary TO
look into the case and pass upon the le-
gaiIty Of Salem and Pennington districts.
That officer did SO and threw out the dis
puted districts, declaring the result
wet" or against prohibition. Counsel
Tor the Pronibitionists then instituted
proceedings tor contempt against the Or
binary, constituting the Judges decision TO
have been an order TO the Ordinary TO
declare the result according to
the face of the returns as first made up.
Judge Hutchins, last August, however,
dismissed these proceedings, stating that
his order was merely 10 make the Ordi-
nary declare the result one way or the
other, not to influence his verdict. The
Pronlbtiomsts, through counsel, gave
notice OF contest, and the case came up
tor hearing at this term of OcOnee court.
1t was argued on Monday by Messrs
Barrow and Thomas for the Prohibition
lists, ana Messrs. L. X. Lumpkin and W.
b. Burnett for the ants. Judge Hutch
ms Tevie%eQ tBe evidence late Monday
night, and Declared the county dry. This